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SenorPipino wrote:Enough people watched, and Canelo looked both outstanding and exciting, that a rematch with Mayweather in September is a definite possibility.

Sell it as Canelo is now two years wiser and more polished, and Mayweather is just 2 years longer in the tooth.

It would easily surpass 2 million PPV buys and Mayweather would still get the kind of purse he wants---somewhere in the $100 million range.

fergusg wrote:"Canelo vs Kirkland does highest HBO boxing rating since 2006"

Last Saturday's fight between Canelo Alvarez and James Kirkland delivered the best rating that HBO has seen since Antonio Tarver vs Bernard Hopkins in 2006, delivering a peak of 2.296 million viewers, and an average of 2.146 million for the action-packed three-round brawl.
http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/5/12/85 ... since-2006

Am I imagining things, but since the PBC has been on air since the turn of the year, the knock-on effect is that the viewing figures for boxing is generally on the rise?

It was only a few weeks ago that the Klitschko-Jennings bout achieved the highest rating on HBO since 2012, but the Canelo-Kirkland bout surpassed the figures it achieved by the proverbial country mile.

I’m not being funny, but Canelo’s previous two outings before last Saturday’s brawl, weren’t hugely entertaining affairs. And James Kirkland is hardly a household name.

So we can probably assume that the media frenzy around the PBC and the Mayweather-Pacquiao super-fight has rejuvenated boxing somewhat.

Thoughts?

SenorPipino wrote:Enough people watched, and Canelo looked both outstanding and exciting, that a rematch with Mayweather in September is a definite possibility.

Sell it as Canelo is now two years wiser and more polished, and Mayweather is just 2 years longer in the tooth.

It would easily surpass 2 million PPV buys and Mayweather would still get the kind of purse he wants---somewhere in the $100 million range.

KBB wrote:

SenorPipino wrote:Enough people watched, and Canelo looked both outstanding and exciting, that a rematch with Mayweather in September is a definite possibility.

Sell it as Canelo is now two years wiser and more polished, and Mayweather is just 2 years longer in the tooth.

It would easily surpass 2 million PPV buys and Mayweather would still get the kind of purse he wants---somewhere in the $100 million range.

I can guarantee that there won't be a rematch of this fight. Floyd can still produce big numbers facing Khan or Cotto, either of which would be a bigger purse than Canelo and at least one (Miguel) fight would net himself something making the fight worth more than just money. (MW Title)